Çemişgezek (; ) is a municipality (belde) and seat of Çemişgezek District of Tunceli Province, Turkey. The town had a population of 3,009 in 2021 and is populated by both Kurds and Turks.
The town is divided into the neighbourhoods of Çukur, Hacı Cami, Hamamatik, Kale, Mescit, Tepebaşı and Yenimahalle.
History Chemeshgadzak (today called Çemişgezek) appears to have been the centre of the Armenian principality of Tsopk Shahuni or Pokr Tsopk (Royal Tsopk or Lesser Tsopk) within the Kingdom of Sophene. It was known to the Greeks as Hierapolis (Holy City) and Kosomakhon to the Byzantine Empire.
Geography Climate Çemişgezek has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with very hot, dry summers and chilly, frequently snowy winters.
Notable people John I Tzimiskes (925–976), Byzantine emperor of Armenian origin Aurora Mardiganian (1901–1994), Armenian-American author, actress, and a survivor of the Armenian genocide Aynur Doğan (), Kurdish singer
See also Emirate of Çemişgezek
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